About the Authors

Simon Daniels

Contributed equally to this work with: Simon Daniels, Jacob Hepworth, Meriel Moore-Colyer

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Simon.daniels@rau.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Equine Management and Science, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Jacob Hepworth

Contributed equally to this work with: Simon Daniels, Jacob Hepworth, Meriel Moore-Colyer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation School of Equine Management and Science, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Meriel Moore-Colyer

Contributed equally to this work with: Simon Daniels, Jacob Hepworth, Meriel Moore-Colyer

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Equine Management and Science, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

We have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Jacob Hepworth was funded by Haygain Ltd through a studentship. Prof Meriel Moore-Colyer acts as a scientific advisor for Haygain Ltd. The Royal Agricultural University and Haygain Ltd work together on specific research and knowledge exchange activities. Haygain had no involvement in the design, analysis or interpretation of this study. Haygain had no involvement in the design, analysis or interpretation of this study. This affiliation does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.